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I have had a leak somewhere in my pool plumbing for a while; just hadn't been that bad until recently. I suspected suction side, as most of the time it seemed to lose more water when the pump was not running. Well, about a month and a half ago, it got bigger; was dropping 2-3 inches per day...

Got home from being away for several days, and was met with what I had feared! Appears to be Mustard Algae. (Photos don't really show the mustard yellow color, but it's there... Shady side of pool almost looks like a yellow film, with heavier, darker deposits on the floor in areas of low...

Pool looks great; crystal clear, passes OCLT, CC is 0.2ppm or less, no known issues (other than hardness is low, but I'm told that doesn't matter on FG pools?) Due to a somewhat ongoing issue with suspected Mustard Algae, I am trying to keep above the Mustard Minimum Chlorine level. (Pool is...

My current, post SLAM numbers are: FC=11.5 (still dropping from SLAM) CC=0 pH=7.4 TA=60 CH=70 CYA is showing 30 or possibly slightly below, which I find a bit hard to believe, as it was up around 60 earlier in the summer, and didn't seem to go down much from refills for evaporation or even...

Well, I have enjoyed 2.5 months of a trouble free pool, after fighting off a Mustard outbreak. However, I am now seeing what looks like the beginning of another one, in the form of small blooms forming on the *morning* shaded side of the pool at the edge of the ramp area from shallow to deep...

Good Morning! I am brand new here, and actually just discovered this site last night while researching what to do about Mustard algae, just after adding the pool store's recommended copper based algae killer and granular shock (day one of their recommended 3-4 days). I want to transition to...